Cayo police have detained a fifty-one year old Canadian man after over a thousand photographs of nude Belizean women including allegedly underage girls, were found on the suspect’s computer, diskettes, DVD’s and paper. Authorities say they will not release the man’s name until he is formally charged, saying only that he has been living in […]
Two men have been detained for the murder of a Cayo youth that occurred late last night. Around nine this morning, San Ignacio police came upon the body of eighteen year old Maxidonio Castellanos lying on the ground behind Santa Elena’s library. The body had what appeared to be several stab wounds to the neck […]
A robbery reported in Corozal has been exposed as an inside set up. According to police, twenty-nine year old Ada Palomo, a supervisor at Bethesda Medical Centre, conspired with her fiancé, nineteen year old Julio Novelo, to rip off her employer by staging a robbery of the establishment. On Tuesday night around nine Palomo was […]
This evening the Seventh Day Adventist Church hosted a Christmas party for over two hundred children from Fabers Road and surrounding areas. The boys and girls, who had to sit through a series of speeches before they were given their gift bags, did not seem to mind the long wait. According to the deputy leader […]
It was built as a facility catering to the needs of cruise ship tourists–a way for them to sample the best of Belize’s history and environment all under one roof. But today the attraction called Old Belize was turned over to a bunch of guys better known for jacking tourists instead of being tourists. As […]
To supporters it’s a virtual gold mine, in which thousands of Belizeans find employment, hundreds of merchants reap riches and the Belize Government earns millions in tax revenues. For detractors it’s a haven for crooks, con artists and contrabandistas who deprive Belize’s treasury of tens of millions in customs duty. But for most Belizeans, the […]
